Waxed some canvas today

[Rockfarm]

I had been wanting to wax my Romanian rucksack, my mix was equal parts beeswax paraffin and coconut oil. Using a double boiler and heat gun the mixture one on easily and was soaked up by the old canvas and leather. This is my go-to rucksack here in Costa Rica and I really wanted to make it a bit more water repellent. I'll let it dry for a couple days and check to see if there were any spots that I missed, except for the back panel which I left untreated.

 

[tombear]

Shiny!

ATB

Tom

 

[Billy-o]

Nice.

Coconut oil. Never thought of using that. Too warm here in the summer, I think.

Though having just fully reread you post, its not as warm as Costa Rica

I waxed a couple of bags with just beeswax a while ago. Works great, but they smell rather of honey now

 

[forrestdweller]

i presume "paraffin" refers to paraffin wax?! and where did you manage to find bees wax?! (== no beekeeping around here and the was i once "harvested" from some native bees somehow got mouldy in the jungle humidity) coconuts are fortunately not in short supply along the beach

 

[Rockfarm]

i presume "paraffin" refers to paraffin wax?! and where did you manage to find bees wax?! (== no beekeeping around here and the was i once "harvested" from some native bees somehow got mouldy in the jungle humidity) coconuts are fortunately not in short supply along the beach

Yes, the paraffin wax was from plain candles at the local store. I couldn't find any beeswax here so when my family made a visit to the states I had some ordered off of Etsy. The Coconut oil is easy to get here but kinda expensive (like the beeswax). We buy our honey from a local farmer but all his wax is sold to folks making cosmetics I think. Where are you located at?

 

[forrestdweller]

i'm on the caribbean side of the country

coconut oil is sold everywhere along the main highway, but i once made my own (labour intensive and not very efficient i'm afraid ), candles are also easy to come by. so the tricky part is the wax (when i came to central america i had a chunk bees wax in my luggage but airport security needed it for themselves ) -- i'll ask one of my local friends next time i see him (and keep an eye open for native bee's hives ). fortunately it's not urgent as the bag i'm thinking about treating isn't used for outdoor activities anymore...